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500 Rupiah Dynastes hercules
| Issuer | Indonesia › Indonesia (1949-date) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the coat of arms of North Sumatra province, depicting a heraldic shield charged with mountains, palm trees, an elephant, and a rhinoceros horn, surmounted by a five-pointed star, flanked by laurel and palm branches, with a ribbon scroll at the base. The provincial name SUMATERA UTARA arcs along the upper legend in bold Latin lettering. The denomination 500 RUPIAH appears along the lower rim within a curved banner. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Dynastes hercules, the Hercules beetle, is not native to Indonesia — it is a Central and South American species. This coin belongs to Indonesia's ongoing "fauna" 500 rupiah series, which has featured various animals since the denomination's reintroduction, and the choice of a non-endemic insect is an oddity that collectors occasionally note. The series is struck at the Perum Peruri mint in Karawang, West Java, which has handled Indonesian coinage production since 1971.